Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-20
ALASKA NEWa.
NOTES or TEE sEIzURRs AND GnNERAL
HHWs KhoM 9nE NonrEwEgF

Irregular Corr. POsf-I Hteiligenesr.) :
In The District Oourt Tuesday, Sep.
temoeF 9Th, on the application Of Mrs.
W. CiaEk and Mr.. Drake, q. q. three
Appraisers wsse appointed 10 estimate
tha value Of all the different prize YES
ssia lying 10 port. The request OF the
learned counsel vas compiled wish By
the Oouft, IN order 10 give the owners
a. opportunity 70 board and take pos
session Of the vessels pending . final
settlement Of the question.
On Wednesday morning the charge
against n. B. Jones, master, and Carl
EFieks0n, mate Of the Seattle schooner
Ohallanes. for violation Of section 1851
revised statutes which prohibits the
killing Of fsmAle seals In Alaskan
waters, wna called up. Mr.. Clark ap-
paaFing for the defendants, and the
Dtsariet Attorney Prosecuting for the
Rovernment. Counsel stated that In
this case q vas very doubtful
whether the defendants could Be COZ
victed, thsFe boina no direct proof THAI
the seals found aboard the vessel had
been killed In HahFing Sea. ME. Clark
oouscntina 10 have the case tried By
JedQe DaWeou without q Jury, bic
honor directed the defendants to be
sworn, and IL reply 10 the Judge'u Qnes-
1ions, Jones and Erickson stated that
the seals found aboard the schooner
we're caught along the coast from Cape
fiataarV 70 Sauuakh, none OF them be
inc taken In RahFine Sea. Upon thls
his honor ordered the defendants 90 BE-
discharged ana aheir vessel released, as
section 1861 could not be held 10 apply
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toFney remarked that the Department
n drawing up the instructions issued 70
Captain ShepAfd, had directed him 10
ssi1s vessels having female seals aboard,
no matter where The egtns we're taken,
and tsat she CAPTAIN 10 capturing the
schooner had only followed out bis In
mFuctions.
In accordance With the Judges de-
eision an order Of the oourt vas snbse-
Quenaly issued 30 the MARSHAL. directing
ain % release The veesel and deliver the
Whsle Of her cargo and apUuFtenanoes
- tie defendants. The onallenRe sails
IN day or two for san Francisco With
= consignment Of salted salmon and
haltbul.
90 Thussday MF. Drake. q. O., repre-.
aenaina all the oficeFs Of tne British
sealera. presented 70 TIE eourt the Do
muFser Alea By him and eouehed In the
tollouinR terms
/. That The ooaFt hes no jurisdiction
over the defendants. the alleged oHenss
HAVING been committed beyond the
limita Of marine Hague from the
shorsa Of Alaska Territory.
2. That the act under which the de-
PENDANTS we're arrested q unconslisa-
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% BEARING Sea fer FISHING
snd seaslnR puFposes neyoRd TOE limits
% q marine league from shore.
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IN support % bis eenteutian.
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followed IN poSsrgul |
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